Hongō Suketada

Hongō Suketada was a Nanboku-chō-period warrior and first head of the Hongō branch of the Satsuma Shimazu. He was the sixth son of the fourth Shimazu head, Shimazu Tadamune; the eldest brother inherited the main house while the other six each founded a cadet house.

From 1336 he campaigned for his eldest brother Sadahisa, commanding a wing at the siege of Kaseda castle in Ōsumi. In 1351 he served the Northern Court in Chikuzen, and in 1352 he received part of Hongō in Hyūga.

Tradition says he entered Satsumasako that winter and took the Hongō name, though the date of his entry is uncertain. He died in 1359 or 1365.